The newly elected president of the Gambia , Mr. Adama Barrow,Β will visit Sierra Leone on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th April 2017. His visit is to thank President Ernest Koroma for his support during the Electoral process in theirΒ country and for helping to negotiateΒ the departure of former President Yaya Jammeh, who refused to accept his elections defeat .
PRESIDENT ADAMA BARRIE
Since President Barrow will be hereΒ during Sierra Leone’sΒ 56th Independence Anniversary , he will celebrate the occasion withΒ the country.
Mr. Barrow’s visit is however part ofΒ a mini-West African tour to thank other West African leaders for their role in the Gambian crisis.
CTGN REPORTS :
A statement from Gambian President Adama Barrowβs office has said the West African countryβs leader is set to embark on a tour of ECOWAS countries that helped him assume office.
Gambia was thrown into a political limbo after the former President Yahya Jammeh refused to accept results of December 2016 election a week after he congratulated Barrow for the win.
President Barrow will arrive in the Sierra Leonean capital of Freetown on Wednesday then head to Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria, the Africa Review reports.
The leaders of those countries were instrumental in negotiating a peaceful exit of Yahya Jammeh who , in the face of advancing troops from Ghana, Senegal and Nigeria deployed by the regional group, subsequently flew out to Equatorial Guinea where he currently lives in exile.
President Barrow early in March fulfilled his promise to make his first international outing to Gambiaβs next door neighbour, Senegal, as the leading player in the resolution of the post-December poll standoff.
The tour comes barely a week after a controversial visit to the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) which divided his country over the alleged undemocratic credentials of President Dennis Sassou Nguesso.
